How do I open the “Share Menu” preferences on OSX?

Much like Safari, trying to implement a button that when clicked opens the preferences on the extensions -> share menu page as shown @ https://i.imgur.com/ZWCCQyJ.png

I have

NSURL *URL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"x-apple.systempreferences:com.apple.preferences.extensions?Share_Menu"];
[[NSWorkspace sharedWorkspace] openURL:URL];


However it seems like that is not working on newer versions, any ideas?

1 Answer
1

You can use Scripting Bridge to do something like this:

SBSystemPreferencesApplication *systemPrefs =
[SBApplication applicationWithBundleIdentifier:@"com.apple.systempreferences"];

[systemPrefs activate];

SBElementArray *panes = [systemPrefs panes];
SBSystemPreferencesPane *notificationsPane = nil;

for (SBSystemPreferencesPane *pane in panes) {
if ([[pane id] isEqualToString:@"com.apple.preferences.extensions"]) {
notificationsPane = pane;
break;
}

}

[systemPrefs setCurrentPane:notificationsPane];

SBElementArray *anchors = [notificationsPane anchors];

for (SBSystemPreferencesAnchor *anchor in anchors) {
if ([anchor.name isEqualToString:@"Extensions"]) {
[anchor reveal];
}
}


Of course you need to add the ScriptingBridge framework to your project and a Scripting Bridge header file for system preferences. More details on how to use Scripting Bridge you can find in the developer documentation from Apple.

Hope this helps

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